International News and Notes
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Conferences and Symposia
India
Date: 6–9 January 2009
Event: International and Interdisciplinary Conference
Theme: Self, Identity and Culture: East and West
Organization: The Society for Indian Philosophy & Religion; The Center for Spirituality, Ethics and Global Awareness, Bethany College, West Virginia
Location: Kolkata
Contact: Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti; cchakrabarti@ bethanywv.edu
Portugal
Date: 22–24 October 2009
Event: 12th International Conference for Philosophy & Psychiatry
Theme: Understanding Mental Disorders
Organization: International Network of Philosophy and Psychiatry (www.inpponline.org)
Location: Lisbon
Contact: Conference Office; soniaramos@ideiasaoquadrado. com
U.S.A.
Date: 16–17 May 2009
Event: 21st Annual Meeting
Theme: Philosophical Issues in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Organization: Association for the Advancement of Philosophy & Psychiatry
Location: San Francisco, California
Contact: Linda Muncy, linda.muncy@utsouthwestern. edu
National and Local Groups
Australia
Organization: Interest Group for Philosophy and Psychiatry
Contact: Dr. Jeanette Martin and Dr. Stephanie Winfield, Australia/New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, 2/97 Edgecliffe Road, Bondi Junction - NSW 2002
Canada
Organization: Association for the Advancement of Philosophy & Psychiatry - Canadian Affiliate Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Contact: Edwin Hersch, M.D., 586 Eglinton Ave. E., Suite 707, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P1P2; edwinhersch@bellnet.ca
Denmark
Organization: Danish Group for Philosophy, Medicine and Mental Health
Contact: Dr. Soren Holm, Department of Medical Philosophy and Clinical Theory, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3C - 2200N
Contact: Dr. Anton Aggernaes, Institute of Neurophysiology, University of Copenhagen, Buldborgvej 25 - DK, 2000 Fredriksberg
Finland
Organization: Finnish Group for Philosophy, Medicine and Mental Health
Contact: Professor Ingmar Porn and Dr. Markus Heinimaa, Department of Philosophy, University of Turku - 20700 Turku [End Page 191]
France
Organization: L'Évolution Psychiatrique
Contact: Professor Yves Thoret, 53 Aven Anatole, 78300, Poissy
Germany
Organization: Referat Philosophische Grundlagen der Psychiatrie, DGPPN (German Psychiatric Association
Contact: Dr. Thomas Fuchs, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Psychiatrische Klinik, Voßstr. 4, D-69115 Heidelberg; thomas_fuchs@med. uni-heidelberg.de; Dr. Martin Heinze, Klinikum Bremen-Ost; Martin.Heinze@Klinikum-Bremen Ost.de; www.dgppn.de
Organization: Gesellschaft für Philosophie und Wissenschaften der Psyche
Contact: Dr. Christian Kupke, c/o Charité Klinik für Psychiatrie und psychotherapie Schumannstr. 20/21, 10117 Berlin, kupke@onlinehome.de; www.gpwp.de
Israel
Organization: Society for Philosophy, Counseling and Psychotherapy
Contact: Dr. Ran Lahav, 25 Yarmin Street - Mevascret Zion 90805
Italy
Organization: Società Italiana per la Psciopatologia
Contact: Dr. Giovanni Stanghellini, Via Venezia 14, 1-50121 Florence
Organization: Italian Research Unit on Philosophy and Psychiatry
Contact: Dr. Emilio Mordini, Instituto Psicoanalitico per la Reserche Social, Via Avenula 21, 00186 Roma
Japan
Organization: Japanese Association for Psychiatry and Philosophy
Contact: Dr. Takeshi Utsumi, Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan; utsumi@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp
The Netherlands
Organization: Dutch Foundation for Psychiatry and Philosophy
Contact: Professor Evert van Leeuwen, Zuider Stationsweg 29-2061 HD Bloemendaal
New Zealand
Organization: New Zealand Group for Philosophy and Psychiatry
Contact: Professor Grant Gillett & Dr. Richard Mullen, Bioethics Research Centre, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin
Northern Ireland
Organization: Northern Ireland Ethics Forum
Contact: Dr. Ann Beglem, School of Nursing and Midwifery, The Queen's University - Belfast BT7 1NN
Norway
Organization: Norwegian Group for Philosophy, Medicine and Mental Health
Contact: Dr. Erik Falkum, Legeforeingen, Lagasen 1324, Lysaker
Romania
Organization: Free Psychiatrists Association
Contact: Professor Aurel Romila, Pentru Dialog- Social, 120 Calae Victoriei, Sector 1, Bucharest
Scandinavia
Organization: Nordic Network for Philosophy, Medicine and Mental Health
Contact: Dr. Jennifer Bullington, Department of Health and Society-Linkoping University, 58183 Linkoping, Sweden
Scotland
Organization: Scottish Group for Philosophy and Psychiatry
Contact: Dr. David Tait, Murray Royal Hospital - Perth PH2 7BH
Spain
Organization: Societa de Historia y Filosofia de la Psiquiatria
Contact: Professor Filberto Fuentenebro, President Sociedad de Historia Y Filosofia, Dep. De Psiquiatria-Faculdad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense - 28040 Madrid
Sweden
Organization: Swedish Group for Philosophy, Medicine and Mental Health
Contact: Professor Lennart Nordenfelt, Department of Health and Society, Linkoping University - 58183 Linkoping [End Page 192]
Turkey
Organization: Psychiatry and Philosophy Working Unit of the Turkish Psychiatric Association Compos Mentis, Psychiatry and Philosophical Activity Group
Contact: Yesim Sokak No. 20, 80630 Akatir, Istanbul; 90 2123 351 26 60 (tel.); 90 212 351 26 59 (fax); bahar@psikiyatri.org.tr...
